L’il Phoenix and *a friend* discuss Tezuka news.

*Note: L’il Phoenix was once just a phoenix cartoon anthropomorph of myself (Recca PHOENIX being my brand name) but I developed her into a separate “cartoon character” in the meantime.*

L’il Phoenix: Hello! And welcome to L’il Phoenix’s Cartoon Hour Interview Talk Show Time!
*sparkly ’80s news theme plays*

I just heard some disturbing/interesting news about Tezuka manga…. so I’m here with a *cough* representative (or so he claims) from the studios to discuss it. Err…but he doesn’t look too thrilled to be here…at all…Er, sir? Are you the person from Tezuka Productions?

Rock: Why….of course….I am. *sullen*

Phoenix: I guess they must be hiring new *types* now in an effort to appeal to the badass hip kids nowadays…. So, uh…what do you think of the decision to colorize all of Tezuka’s manga?

*silence and crickets*

Would you like some coffee perhaps?

I thought this was an interview with THE phoenix.

Hinotori?

Yea, I was looking to blackmail me some of that immortality, heh heh >B ) I have some compromising photos of her.

How could you catch Hinotori doing anything bad?

Let’s just say I have a copy of photoshop and some pictures of litter…. *holds up a photo of Hinotori littering*

*rolls eyes* So, back to the QUESTION, Rock.

I don’t know, I think I look more dramatic in black and white. And what if they draw me with a pink shirt or somethin? *sulks*

Haha, it could very well happen.

Man, you don’t know what they’ll pull these days. A bunch of those poor saps starred in a commercial for one o’ those hybrid cars the other day, you know.

Well, Astro is all about innovation and Hinotori is all about saving the environment….but I have to admit, it was sort of exploitative.

Totally staged. That Sapphire chick has never even SEEN a car. And they had to mediate all sorts of trouble with that lion, he kept trying to maul Lampe and those guys. Me, I took the money and made a ridiculous-looking face that I obviously couldn’t see myself making. I tried to erase myself out later, but NO, the contract was drawn up by NAZIS apparently.

Was it that bad?

Yeah, do you think I would ever drive one of those lame hybrids? I have a HUMVEE! I got it for FREE doing another commercial! At least they let me wear my sunglasses. I look like a goody-goody without them. Like back in the day when I used to hang out with that loser Kenichi and his animal-people geek friends.

T_T;; . . . . Well, I hear you’ve been doing some other commercial work?

I don’t know if they’ll ever air but…. I did some TV spots for Ray-Ban a while back. I normally stick to things I believe in. The Prius deal was an exception, and yea, I can tell you that half the people there don’t give a damn about hybrids. Like I can tell you Black Jack would rather get a medical license than drive one of those sissy cars. He has a CONVERTIBLE, he’s certainly RICH enough to buy gas for it and drive all the way out to that cabin on the sea cliff. Which, you know, if I was a semi-legal operator….I wouldn’t live on a cliff which I could easily be pushed off of….

Well, anyway, everyone, thank you for watching my show! We’ll see you next time?

What do you mean, we?

You signed up for a multi-part series!

Oh, look what I have in my pocket, some interesting little photos of Miss Phoenix here buying BOOTLEG DISNEY DVDs and DOWNLOADING FANSUBS OF LICENSED ANIME!!!

I swear I don’t do that anymore! Those are ancient! …….*looks around* -_-;;………how much do you want?

70% plus a silence fee.

Heheh….^^;;;;……..
See you next time, everyone!